Sarrafo
Hermógenes Aleluia Roque

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1918 - Americana, São Paulo, Brazil, 1981

Clown Sarrafo. Before being a clown he worked as a broadcaster, printer and cabinet maker.  From twenty to twenty three he lived in Argentina where he was a news reporter. In 1941, he comes back to Brazil and marries Maria Ana in the State of Santa Catarina. Soon after, both go to Bruri, in São Paulo, where he inaugurates a pavillion with circus acts and theater plays. Due to political reasons, the pavillion was preventing from working and Sarrafo started performing in the State of Paraná. From then on he takes part in the TV Record and Circo do Arrelia in the TV Paulista. In 1953, the pavillion was completlely destroyed after a flood. Without documents and personal belongings, the family went to live in a rented house for a couple of months. After few months he inaugurated Circo Percy - the smallest circus in the world, which he covered with cloth. In 1965, the circus was renamed Circo Teatro Biriba. There he acted and administrated until 1980. Their sons and daughters Hercy, Dulce, Guaracy, Derocy, Dercy, Dinarcy, Percy, Laurecy, Lercy and Lovercy also became circus artists.

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